3.0.0 1360 2025-12-05T08:19:47Z 2025-12-05T08:19:47Z Senate S S 2023-04-27 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1360 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-04-27T18:28:47Z 118 5259 HR 2023-08-22 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2023-04-27 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-05-10T13:15:19Z

00 2023-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2023-05-11T14:24:52Z <p><strong>PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in various health evaluations an assessment of whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires DOD to ensure that any periodic health assessment, physical assessment for recently separated members, pre-deployment medical examination, post-deployment medical examination, and post-deployment health reassessment provided to a member of the Armed Forces includes an evaluation of whether the member has been exposed to PFAS or was based or stationed at a military installation with a known or suspected release of PFAS during the period the member was there.</p> <p>If any of the evaluations result in a positive determination of potential exposure to PFAS, DOD must provide blood testing during the evaluation to be included in the member's health record. </p> <p>DOD must pay for blood testing to determine and document potential exposure to PFAS for former members of the Armed Forces or family members of such members who lived at a location identified by DOD as having a known or suspected PFAS release during the time the individuals lived there.</p> <p>DOD must share results of the evaluations with the Department of Veterans Affairs and establish a registry of members of the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or suspected to have been exposed to, PFAS. Members may elect to be excluded from the registry.</p>

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